Method of preparing orthosilicic acid alkyl esters

US4185029A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Dynamit Nobel GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Gerhard Kreuzburg · Niederkassel, DE
• Arnold Lenz · Kornwestheim, DE
• Walter Rogler

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 5, 1978
• Grant date: Jan 22, 1980
• Expiry date: Jan 5, 1998

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C07F7/04
• WIPO field: Organic fine chemistry
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

A process for preparing an orthosilicic acid tetraalkyl ester having 2 to 6 carbon atoms in the ester group which comprises contacting metallic silicon with an alcohol corresponding to the ester group in the presence of the corresponding alkali alcoholate: PA1 A. in the presence of a surface active substance; PA1 B. in the presence of a compound containing a methoxy group; or PA1 C. under pressure at a temperature above the boiling point of the reaction mixture.